Improvement in button-fasteners



ROBERT R. GRIFFIN, JR., OF BALTIMORE. MARYLAND. y Letters Potent No. 71,382, dated Nobember 26, 1867.'

- IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTON-FASTENERS..

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TO` ALLWHQM'IT MAY CONGERN: Bo` it known that I, ROBERT BfGnIFFIN, Jr., of the cty'and county of Baltimore, in the State of Mary land, have invented a new and useful Device for Fastening Buttonsnnd similar devices to any suitable textile or flexible material; and I duo, hereby declare the following to be a. full and exact description thereof, reference i being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which the several iigur'es, illus-` trate various forms of my invention, and the manner of applying the same.

The nature of myinvention consists in the construction of. a device for` fastening those forms of buttons`\. and other equivalent devices, which are provided with Shanks and eyes, to any suitable flexible material or article of wearing-apparel, by the combination of an extended loop, base-plate, or strip, to be placed upon one sideof I, the material, with a central Acoiled ring to engage with and pass through the eye of the button on the other, .1 said coiled ring being so formed as that the point of thc coil may be readily-inserted into the mate'rial, and the i coil be passedentirely through without forming lan enlarged aperture therein. y y My button-fastene`rs may be made of wire, .or out of small plates of thin metal. In forming themof wire, i

one end 4of a-wirestrip, ofthe proper length, .is sharpened, and 'coiled with one or two turns into a ring, c; The

remaining length of the wire strip isthcn straightened out into a. plane' tangential .to the circumference ofthe i coiled ring, or at right angles to the diameter thereof, and doubled upon itselfinisaid plane intoloops a a, on

the-nnertu1n of the coil forming the ririgfzis' illustrated in Figurel of the acco'mpanyingdrawiugs.

Figurelfi illustrates a modification in the form of the base, A, of my device.' .This modification consists in i bending thejvire forming the base back from the ring instead of with it,- as'liu 1, and in doubling `the saule` intobutouetloop onon'e sideof the ring, at right angiesto its diameter, the'str'a'ig'ht end of the w're'projectng and terminating in said plane beyond the ring on the other side thereof, in theplace of the second loop a',

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which form the retaining-base A of th'e device, the wire being turned from instead ofwth `the coiledring in forming theloop. I contemplate, however, in each case, turning the wirewith or from the coiled ring, as may.;

be found convenient. f

I pro-poseto employ a thin, flat metallic plate,.A/, as a substitutefor` a wire in forming 'my fasteners," i slitting the same longitudinally toits centre, so as to form a .narroSv tongue, therein, as illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings. This tongue is coiled over (or under) inwardly into a suitable ring, c', which will thusstaud i at right angles to the base-plate A, its end being properly sharpened or pointed so that it shall the more readily enter and penetrate the fabric in securing the fastener thereto.

= Although the simplestm-anner of forui'iiig the coiled ring c, with a suitableretaining-,base or plate, A, is as 1 I have described, by forming it at right angles to the plane of said-base, yetfit may be bent over sothatits i diameter shall coincide with orbe parallel to said base, as illustrated by the plan view, Figure 7, of the drawings. The wire used may be either round or Vflat, or where round wire is used theloops of the base A, or end i of the wire therein, `may be alone iiattened, as illustrated in iigs`.,1 2, andB of `the drawings.

In using these my improved button-fasteners, the device is first secured to'the cloth orother material by inserting the point of the coiled ring c into the same, on the reverse or under sideithereof, and turning it until it has passed entirely through the'right side, drawing thev base-loop or plate A into close` contactwith' the material on its under side, as show-n in Figure 6 of the drawings, (wherein the cloth throughthe device is secured as illustrated in section,)' so as to hold and 'retain the ring securely in place. yThe button or other device is then l readily secured to the ring by simply passing or turning its eye on to thecoils, `as `shown in iigs. 2 and` 6.

The fasteners may be made of any suitable metal. They are adapted for securing `all kinds of buttons having shanks and eyes, and may be applied to shoes, gaiters, caps, and garments of all descriptions, although,

4each side of the ring, forming the basef the device, the end of thewirebeingriinally bent around the fact of i Figure 8 illustrates anothermoditicatiou, in which the wire is crossed in making thestraight loop or loops for `the sake ot' neatness, it may be preferable to work a." small hole in the material throughwhich the coiled bring of the'fastener shall pass; yet this is not essential. I

Having thus fully describedmy invention, claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters' Patent.

My improved button-fastening device, formed, of a coiled ring, arranged to pass through the cloth and the i oye of the but-ton, and combined witha retaining-base, substantially in the manner and for .the purpose herein.

set forth.

AThe foregoing specification of my improved button-fastener signed by me, this 19th'day of September, 1867 ROBERT R. GRIFFIN, JR.

Witnesses:

W, H. HAXWARD, NELSON P I. BELL. 

